week. our thanks to kelly o donnell for that report. joining us from washington, deputy news editor for the washington examiner. give us a sense of what the reaction has been to president trump s support of a conspiracy theory about jeffrey epstein s death. what are you hearing in washington? democratic candidates running for president are outraged. that d they re saying this is the reason president trump needs to be evicted from office. people knew what they were getting when they voted for trump in 2016, this was after the conspiracy theory was noted against primary rival ted cruz, suggesting his father was linked to the jfk assassination. for better or worse, i m not sure this moves a lot of folks one way or another. where did the criminal investigation go.
volatile as investors express their concern with the trade war with china. let s cross over to london. good to have you with us on this monday morning, could more dramatic drops be in stock for the market or what do you expect to see this week? it was a roller coaster week deeply in the red. more than 2.5 percentage points and we did get 3 percentage points in the lows. we saw an escalation between the two sides last week but over the weekend what we have seen is a further weakening of the chinese currency, the yuan, and president trump is saying that there s no dealings under any circumstances for huawei. also they d apply licenses on case by case basis for u.s.
census count is flawed. and i m telling you that given the policies of this administration, that is going to be a flawed census. as president trump pushes to limit the influx of immigrants entering the u.s., 11,000 members of the mexican national guard stand watch over the country s southern border of guatemala to deter groups moving from central america. it s the military surge president trump has been asking for, but instead of the u.s. border, 11,000 members of the mexican national guard now stand watch over their southern border at the river that divides mexico from guatemala. it s all part of a new mexican government crack down. the commander here insisted we conceal his identity over security concerns and tells us their mission is limited in scope. the military can t physically touch migrants who come through here, instead providing a deterrent.
him kuim jong un has apologized to him for recent missile tests. the kim regime has said the tests are a show against the u.s., south korea exercises currently underway saying they are escalating tensions. network decembspises the drill. saying the exercises are quote war games, and he never liked them. kim personally oversaw the latest launch. less than a day before the test, trump said kim is quote not happy with the testing, adding he recently received a letter from kim. kim issued a quote small apology for the recent provocations but the president again saying that the joint drills are ridiculous and expensive. i m curious to see what a small apology looks like from kim jong un. if it s a long beautiful love letter issued in small apology form. the markets could be
death. democratic candidates said enough. this is another example of our president using this position of public trust to attack his political enemies with unfounded conspiracy theories. what he s doing is dangerous. reporter: president trump once socialized with jeffrey epstein but said last month their friendship ended years ago. well, i didn t get along with him. reporter: president clinton had known epstein too but they had not spoken in more than a decade. the trump conspiracy re-tweet provokes this response from a clinton aide, ridiculous, and of course not true, and donald trump knows it. trump adviser kellyanne conway. why did the president re-tweet that clinton suggestion? i think the president just wants everything to be investigated. reporter: donald trump has a pattern of promoting false claims. birtherism about barack obama, linking ted cruz s father to the jfk assassination, notably,